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Archive - 1981

WINNIPEG HOMICIDES

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DATE
VICTIM
SUSPECT/ACCUSED METHOD
CHARGE/SENTENCE LOCATION
01 1981.01.13
WRIGHT, Darryl Ralph (36)
Winnipeg Police
Shooting
n/a Maryland Street, Winnipeg
02 1981.01.19 ONO, Wesu Lucille (70) UNSOLVED Assault - Blows to head
Body found in front hallway of home, no sign of break-in.
Lyle Street, Winnipeg
03 1981.02.15
DAVIES, Thomas Wilfred (35)
BEAUREGARD, Gilbert Joseph (35)
Assault - Beating Charge 2nd Degree Murder
Guilty Manslaughter
12 years
328 Langside Street, Winnipeg
04 1981.02.15
TANASICHUK, Walter Albret (51) BEAUREGARD, Gilbert Joseph (35)
Assault - Beating Charge 2nd Degree Murder
Guilty Manslaughter
12 years
Langside Street, Winnipeg
05 1981.03.06
JONES, Herbert (62) (57) WABASSE, Lynn Marie (19)
Stabbing
Charge 2nd Degree-Plead GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER-2YRS 226 Main Street, Commercial Hotel, Winnipeg
06 1981.03.06
HENDERSON, Michael (42)
Winnipeg Police
Shooting Taxi-Driver Bob Vann (34) previously wounded by HENDERSON with shotgun.
Allet near St. Charles Hotel, Winnipeg
07 1981.04.15
SHORTING, Irene (30)
ANTOINE, Lorna Jane (44)
(Also 1970.03.20)
Assault - Internal Injuries
Charge 2nd Degree Murder
Guilty - 25 Years

Apartment, Qu'Appelle Avenue, Winnipeg

08 1981.04.15
TAYLOR, William (21)
PELLETIER, Willard (25)
Beating (Shovel)
Charge 2nd Degree
Guilty Manslaughter
10 years

Apartment, Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg
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11 1981.05.27
Female Infant (4 months)

Male (22) (Father);
Female (18) (Mother)


Charge Criminal Negligence;
Charge Criminal Negligence

12 1981.08.04 TONN, Heather Rose (31)
ZUROWSKI, Nikolos Emil (37)

Arrested 19 years later based on DNA evidence
704 Simcoe St
Winnipeg, MB
13 1981.08.02
KENT, Judith (21) BRASS, Alvin  D. (26) (ACQUITTED)
WAPASH, Joseph Andrew (33)

BRASS:Charge 2nd Degree-GUILTY Manslaughter-ACQUITTED
(New Investigation) WAPASH:Charge 2nd Degree-GUILTY-LIFE

14 1981.08.17
CLEAR, Paul Thomas (27)
NIELSEN, Barry (30)
STOLAR, Jerry (35)

Charge 1st Degree
Charge 1st Degree

15 1981.08.30
BISSON, Marcel (57) PARADIS, Armand (54)
(Also 1982.01.16)
Beating
Charge 2nd Degree Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg
16 1981.09.05
LANE, Darcy (20)
PAYNE, Valentine Ceon (28)
Charge 2nd Degree
17 1981.09.08
HALL, Peter Thomas (36) ROSS, Phyllis Janet (37)
Charge 2nd Degree
18 1981.09.12
WARREN, Wallace (52)
KOTELNISKI, Alvin (51) (Suicide)

Charge 2nd Degree-MURDER-SUICIDE
19 1981.09.12
BARNARD, Gladys (50) KOTELNISKI, Alvin (51) (Suicide)

Charge 2nd Degree-MURDER-SUICIDE
20 1981.09.30
STARR, Raymond Earl (19) STARR, Susan Yvonne (29)
Charge 2nd Degreee-GUILTY Manslaughter-
21 1981.10.04
KUSSICK, Melinda Jane A. (Infant) DANIELS, Lisa Norene (?)
 
22 1981.12.23
STOPPEL, Barbara (16) SOPHONOW, Thomas (EXONERATED);
ARNOLD, Terry (Suspect)

Charge 1st Degree


     



           

1981.06.28
ROULETTE, Virginia
MALCOLM, Dennis J.




1981.07.01
Unidentified Male
UNSOLVED




1981.08.01
HOTOMANI, Emily
HOTOMANI, Thelma




1981.08.03
WAWYRK, Michael
KATCHUR, Johnny
KATCHUR, Mervin
SMYKALSKI, Larry




1981.08.31
Unidentified Female
KADOTT, Kathleen M.




1981.09.24
PATERSON, William J.
CORBETT, Elry E.




1981.10.05
GREEN, Ruth
GREEN, David Ernest




1981.10.11
DUNSFORD, Roderick
Unidentified Male




1981.10.26
HIGHWAY, Greg
HALKETT, Ernest




1981.12
WESELOWSKI, Nestor
UNSOLVED




1981.12.09
DUDA, Stephen
LISS, Robert Stanley




1981.12.18
JENSEN, Irvine C.
FLIGHT, Derrick S.


 

             
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1981.06.21
MEECHES, Dorothy
Unidentified Male



             

Incident count complete (Winnipeg - 22).
*Details needed.

MANITOBA (RCMP) HOMICIDES

# DATE VICTIM SUSPECT/ACCUSED METHOD CHARGE/SENTENCE LOCATION
01 1981.03.15
KEEPER, Joseph Gordon (36)
Male Youth (14) Shooting 1st Degree Murder Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba
02 1981.03.28
YOUNG, Mary Edna (29) KENNEDY, Agnes Isabel (16)
Stabbing
Charge 2nd Degree
Plead Guilty Manslaughter
3 Years

Bloodvein First Nation, Manitoba
03 1981.04.26 ARMSTRONG, Darrell J. (32) LANGLOIS, Gordon (35) Shotgun
Charge 1st Degree, Reduced 2nd Degree-GUILTY-LIFE-Appealed Reduced to Manslaughter 3760 Henderson Highway, East St. Paul, Manitoba
04
1981.04.26
BROWN, Elvis James (23)
SUTHERLAND, Wilbert Wilcox
(36)
Shooting Charge 1st Degree Oak Lake First Nation, Manitoba
05
1981.04.26
ARMSTRONG, Daryl J. (32)
LANGLOIS, Gordon (35)
Shooting
Charge 1st Degree
Guilty 2nd Degree, Life
Reduced to Manslaughter by Court of Appeal.

3760 Henderson Highway, East St. Paul, Manitoba
06
1981.05.15
ANDERSON, George (64)
STRUTT, Alfred (58)
Shooting Double Murder-Suicide
Tilston, Manitoba
07
1981.05.15
ANDERSON, Joyce (57)
STRUTT, Alfred (58)
Shooting
Double Murder-Suicide
Tilston, Manitoba
08
1981.05.28
BROWN, Lee Anne (4 months)
BROWN, Robin Harold
URBANOVITCH, Tracie Marie
Beating
Criminal Negligence Causing Death

1981.06.07 KEAM, Barbara (21) Husband initially suspected but family suspects innocent.

Stabbing Husband committed suicide after charged. Churchill
Manitoba

1981.06.26
ELLWOOD, Patricia Jane (33)
HART, Harvey Edward (48)
Beating Charge 2nd Degree
Guilty - Life
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
             

UNSOLVED OR UNEXPLAINED DEATHS

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